Psalms 80:3
\80:2\Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, let your strength be awake from sleep, and come as our salvation.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
In Context
4\80:3\Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.
Cross References
Numbers 6:25May the light of the Lord's face be shining on you in grace:
Psalms 4:6\4:5\Give the offerings of righteousness, and put your faith in the Lord.
Psalms 67:1To the chief music-maker. With corded instruments. A Psalm. A Song.
Psalms 80:7\80:6\You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.
Psalms 85:4\85:3\You were no longer angry: you were turned from the heat of your wrath.
Jeremiah 31:18Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 80:2-8
Mournful Complaints. 1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 6 Thou makest us a strife… Read the whole commentary →